Palantir alum
John Kottlowski
Enterprise Lead at Handshake AI
Enterprise Lead at Handshake. Former Army officer who sold Palantir's AI platform to enterprises in real estate, finance, logistics and energy.
Kottlowski graduated from West Point and served eight years as an Army armor and intelligence officer, including leading a platoon in Afghanistan and working in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He earned an MBA at Rice and worked at Goldman Sachs. He joined Palantir's Strategic Accounts team in August 2023, helping companies adopt AI from problem framing to deployment. He moved to Handshake as an Enterprise Lead in 2026. He is based in Dallas.
At Palantir
- Strategic Accounts
- Account Executive
- 2023-08 to 2026
- Dallas
Career
- 2010-2018: US Army, armor and intelligence officer
- 2018-2020: Rice University, MBA
- 2019-2022: Goldman Sachs, associate
- 2023-2026: Palantir, Strategic Accounts
- 2026: Handshake, Enterprise Lead